Notes for Using the Remote Operations Room at NOAO HQ

1a. If you are connecting from the Remote Ops room at NOAO HQ, use the main set of monitors (2x2 array) and on the TV screens, log in as

      Mayall
       pwd [1]  (Ask Arjun for cheat-sheet of passwords)

and then launch the screens using the gui.

1b. If, instead, you are connecting from a different remote site, then you will first have to connect to anyconnect.noao.edu using a Cisco VPN and log in with your VPN account. Once you have done this, connect to mayall-2.kpno.noao.edu using MacOSX Screen Sharing and log on as

        observer
        pwd[2]

2. Open a terminal window and

           ssh mzls@mayall-idl.kpno.noao.edu
           pwd [3]
   

Then

        cd ~/obsbot
        git pull
        cd ~/observing
        svn up
        idl
        IDL> mstrategy,copydir='/home/mzls/obsbot'
        IDL> exit
        cd
        ./bin/vnc

3. Start the mayall-idl VNC viewer window using the VNC gui. If you open this on the mayall-2 screen, you will not need a password. Try and arrange windows so they don't overlap. I like the following arrangement:

4. Here are some useful links that could be used to monitor weather, telescope status, etc:

[a] KPNO weather ​http://www-kpno.kpno.noao.edu/Info/Mtn_Weather/

[b] 4m weather station display - ​http://4m-weather.kpno.noao.edu

[b] Satellite map - ​http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/gifs/IRAZ.GIF

[c] KPNO dome webcams:

(i) ​http://4m-webcam-1.kpno.noao.edu

(ii) ​http://4m-webcam-2.kpno.noao.edu

(iii) ​http://4m-webcam-3.kpno.noao.edu

[d] Cloud / wind predictions / measurements - ​https://www.windy.com/31.964/-111.600?31.431,-111.600,8,m:eyrac3b

[e] All-sky camera - ​http://kpasca-db.tuc.noao.edu

[f] Out-door web cams - ​https://www.noao.edu/kpno/kpcam/index.shtml

Some of these don't work at night. The 4m-webcam-2 does provide useful night-time data if the dome is open. You need to log in as "anonymous" on this one - just use the provided button. In the NOAO Remote Ops room, I like to put most of these on the large TV monitors on the left and right ends, and expand the main mayall-2 display to fill all 4 screens of the central display.

5. At this point you can go with the regular instructions: https://desi.lbl.gov/trac/wiki/PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObserver

6. Connect using skype to mayall-2 which is the OA's address. The telephone number at the OA's station is 520-318-8620.